The why fair and equal treatment benefits us all Badgett, M. V. Lee (Mary Virginia Lee) creator text bibliography mau Boston Beacon Press c2020 2020 monographic eng

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xvi, 228 p. : ill. Homophobia and transphobia cost 1% or more of a country's GDP. Badgett uses recent research and statistics to analyze how these hostile practices and environments affect both the US and global economies. She offers some new ways of thinking to convert the many people who use their power to hurt LGBT people, by excluding them from the core institutions that make it possible to live a good life. Understanding the economic cost of that homophobia and transphobia gives activists, businesses, development agencies, and policymakers a new tool that can help change lives. Stigma and schools -- Employment : funnels, fences, and walls -- When stigma makes you sick -- Making the business case for LGBT equality -- The cost to economies : adding it up -- A way forward -- Strategies for realizing the gains from LGBT (and LGBTI) equality. M.V. Lee Badgett. Includes bibliographical references and index. Homophobia Economic aspects Transphobia Economic aspects Gay rights Economic aspects Discrimination Economic aspects Transaction costs Opportunity costs HQ76.4 .B33 2020 9780807035603 (hardcover) 0807035602 (hardcover) 210114 on1107844912